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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

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Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets a perceived threat to democracy from board room and soapbox fascists who advocated a government based upon contemporaneous European models.

Featured Crew

Jacques Tourneur
Director
Richard Goldstone
Story
Joseph Sherman
Screenplay
Alvan Sommerfield
Story
David Snell
Music
John Nesbitt
Producer
Harry Komer
Editor

Cast

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John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
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Clem Bevans
Curdleface (uncredited)
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Joe Devlin
Bartender (uncredited)
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Robert Dudley
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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Albert Russell
Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)